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CLVII. GRAMINEiE (Stapf). 
[Panicum. 
Culms 4-5-noded, branched all along, the 
branches often fascicled ; lower inter- 
nodes wiry ; blades 3-6 in. by 2-2 h lin. ; 
panicle very loose and open, about 6 in. 
by 2-5 in. ; spikelets 1 lin. long ; lower 
glume 5 -nerved 44. P. genufiexum . 
Annual. 
Spikelets hairy ; whole plant including the panicle 
finely hirsute ; lower glume 5-nerved 45. P. Griff onii. 
Spikelets glabrous ; lower glume 3-1 -nerved. 
Spikelets to 1 J lin. long ; lateral pedicels 3-6 or 9 lin. 
long ; culms branched upwards with the panicles 
mostly in tiers (see p. 210). 
Culms undivided for a short distance (1 or 2 inter- 
nodes), sheaths not deciduous ; panicles up to 
over 1 ft. long ; pedicels 3-6 or occasionally 
9 lin. long 46. P. paucinode. 
Culms undivided at the base for half their length 
(about 8 internodes), with the stem-nodes 
enclosed in the cuff-like persistent bases of the 
deciduous sheath ; panicles about 3 in. long ; 
pedicels from very short to up to 4 lin. long . . . 47. P. manicatum. 
Spikelets up to 1 lin. long ; lateral pedicels 1-3 lin. 
long ; culms 2-4-noded ; panicles 3-5 in. long. 
Spikelets more or less but not very widely gaping ; 
divisions of the primary branches 'at length 
mostly contracted ; spikelets 1 lin. long ; lower 
glume not or very obscurely mucronate ; lower 
floret barren ... ... ... ... ... 48. P. Jiumile. 
Spikelets widely and often obliquely gaping ; all 
the divisions of the panicle divaricate ; spikelets 
hardly 1 lin. long ; lower glume distinctly 
mucronate or aristulate ; lower floret <$ ... 49, P. Afzelii . 
VI. MlLIACEiE. 
Panicles much divided ; blades flat, 1^-10 lin. wide. 
Spikelets 2|-3 lin. long, in more or less nodding and 
5 contracted panicles; lower glume 7-, upper 9-11- 
nerved. 
Spikelets 3 lin. long, deciduous ; pedicels 4-8 lin. long ; 
blades passing quite gradually into the sheath, 
2|— 5 lin. wide, with spinulose margins 50. P. callosum. 
Spikelets 2| lin. long, with the glumes persistent on 
the pedicels, these very short to 3 lin. long ; blades 
with a more or less rounded and often semi- 
amplexicaul base and scaberulous margins. A 
cultivated grass 51. P. miliaceum. p, £ ^ 
Spikelets 1-2 lin. long, in erect very loose panicles ; lower 
glume 5-, upper 7-9-nerved. 
Spikelets 2 lin. long ; primary branches of panicle up 
to 9 in., divided from 1-2 in. above the base with 
internodes 1|-1 in. long, like all the divisions 
rather stiff ; pedicels 2§-12 lin. long ... ... 52. P. hippothrix. 
Spikelets 1-14 lin. long. 
* Spikelets shortly pedicelled in pairs on long very 
slender branchlets or distant and mostly on 
long pedicels. 
